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The dollar's 70-year dominance is coming to an end
The Telegraph ^ | 7/19/2014 | Liam Halligan

Posted on 07/19/2014 1:33:03 PM PDT by markomalley

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To: markomalley

The Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written with the PRESUMPTION OF LIBERTY that is the inalienable right of each citizen

Government acts with the presumption of total power over each citizen. It is easy for one branch of government to give other branches permission to expand or maintain their power. It is difficult, for one branch to reign in the power of another branch. This is made even more difficult when a common, power-oriented, ideology pervades members of each branch.

The primary limit on government power is the limited money it can spend. When government gives itself power to create near-infinite amounts of money through an “independent” central bank, then there is very little to limit near-infinite amounts of government in all forms, particularly the groups that it will give subsidies to and the bureaucrats it will employ.

Every day more people are coming to the judgment that a carefully organized effort to repair the constitution via the States’ power to propose and ratify amendments has less risk to our liberty and prosperity than the present trajectory of the federal government and especially the federal bureaucracy.

The first order of business of an Article V Convention must be to limit government’s ability to spend and create near-infinite amounts of money.


21 posted on 07/19/2014 2:06:18 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: markomalley

Counterfeiting our own currency does that.

Why would anyone want to have a counterfeit currency as the world rerseve currency?


22 posted on 07/19/2014 2:07:24 PM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: markomalley

They have been declaring the end of dollar before global global cooling was fashionable.


23 posted on 07/19/2014 2:18:51 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: jsanders2001

So will it be Chinese?


24 posted on 07/19/2014 2:48:45 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: markomalley
The dollar's 70-year dominance is coming to an end

Compliments of the Progressives who gave control of our money to private banks (The Federal Reserve), and ensured devaluation of our money by removing it from any links to reality (taking it off the gold standard).

This always spells the doom of every country which goes down this path.

And none of this is accidental. It repeats itself throughout recorded history and is designed to transfer wealth to a small group of elites. The Founding Fathers were well aware of it and did their best through the Constitution to preempt it.

25 posted on 07/19/2014 2:58:56 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: markomalley

The decline of our currency has to be related to the performance of others; I don’t know about the yuan, but value against the euro hasn’t changed much.

Of course I’m not well versed in this. Maybe somebody here’s been keeping track.


26 posted on 07/19/2014 3:01:31 PM PDT by tsomer
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To: Noamie
I don't see the country's leadership as the problem. I see it as a symptom of a much larger problem.

Changing the leadership without fixing the underlying cultural and social foundations of this country won't do a damn thing.

27 posted on 07/19/2014 3:13:13 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
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To: markomalley

When the dollar ceases to be the world’s reserve currency we will probably experience Weimar Republic type hyperinflation.


28 posted on 07/19/2014 3:21:32 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: gorush

‘When the dollar ceases to be the world’s reserve currency we will probably experience Weimar Republic type hyperinflation.’

That is what I expect also. Those who put their faith in this government or the Fed to head off what I see as inevitable, are going to wake one morning, broke. There are worse things I suppose but with the current mix of different cultures here and the class warfare that Obama has promoted, I believe our response to the coming collapse will be much worse than was Germany’s.

We are already seeing the beginnings of hyperinflation now and it will most likely before too many months pass, suddenly be upon us. Be prepared to protect yourself because the cavalry aint coming.


29 posted on 07/19/2014 3:40:55 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

We are already seeing the beginnings of hyperinflation now and it will most likely before too many months pass, suddenly be upon us. Be prepared to protect yourself because the cavalry aint coming.

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What are you seeing as the beginning of hyperinflation?


30 posted on 07/19/2014 3:43:01 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Chickensoup

Food, energy, rents, auto prices, toothbrushes, farm land, other than wages, housing, computers, antiques, used motorcycles, used rv’s, used boats, and clothing pretty much everything is up. The stock market is another example.

Lower prices for used rv’s, antiques, used boats, and used motorcycles tells me that discretionary income is down. That tells me that more people are strapped for cash and are living paycheck to paycheck and cannot afford luxuries. That’s just what I see in my small corner of the world. I am not an expert but have never met one either. I have read that food is up over 20% so far this year. My electric bill is up 30%. The cigarettes I unfortunately smoke have gone up 3 times this year. My cat treats have been downsized but the price remains the same. This is just my opinion which is worth about at same as everyone else’s.


31 posted on 07/19/2014 4:16:55 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: ClearCase_guy

First this comment from the article below. It`s spot on and prescient :

They will re-monetize gold for trade in goods by-passing the dollar or they will establish trade via other currencies. But the goal is to start backing their trades and/or individual currencies with gold.

The caveat is this, however: They still need to continue slowly extricating themselves from as much of their U.S. dollar and bond holdings as possible so that they don’t start a fucking avalanche and everyone start running and screaming from the theater all at the same time. That way they can also continue to buy gold for cheap dollars.

But when the day comes and they’re all wired together with their own version of SWIFT and everyone is ready to rock, then that’s when they will flip the switch on the dollar. They will all have to dump it at the same time so the transition occurs in one move basically over a weekend.

-BRICS Plan To Become “Political Alliance” To Reform The International Financial System-

As the world slowly turns against US Dollar hegemony, it appears the BRICS are pressing to fill any gaps. Having created the BRICS Bank “alternate to The West-controlled IMF or World Bank,” Xinhua reports that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes the BRICS mechanism has been fully developed and can now transform into a political alliance to “reform the international financial system.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-19/brics-plan-become-political-alliance-reform-international-financial-system

-BRICS Announce $100 Billion Reserve To Bypass Fed, Developed World Central Banks-

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-15/brics-announce-100-billion-reserve-bypass-fed-developed-world-central-banks


32 posted on 07/19/2014 4:21:25 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

PS:

When they sell off their U.S. Bonds, get organized and flip the switch overnight?

The USD becomes worthless and will fetch maybe 50 cents at first then continue to melt to 5 or 10 cents.
USA either esets to a Constitutional Republic or becomes a 3rd world sh*t-hole dictatorship.


33 posted on 07/19/2014 4:25:07 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: markomalley
Hooks and Chains by 10 Pound Test

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

34 posted on 07/19/2014 5:13:16 PM PDT by wku man (Veterans, it's up to us to save the Republic...let's roll.)
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To: markomalley

Important article.


35 posted on 07/20/2014 6:48:36 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: Star Traveler

Mark Steyn likes to cite this passage from The Sun Also Rises when discussing the bleak fiscal future of America:
“How did you go bankrupt?”
“Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”


36 posted on 07/20/2014 11:29:38 AM PDT by pluvmantelo (Democrats:the party of moral hazard, the IRS, the NSA and the heckler's veto)
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To: Noamie

Electing one man, hoping in one man, is folly.

It is the electorate which has been co opted and dumbed down and made dependent and immoral.

As such, this trend WILL continue, unless the change that is necessary, an electorate craving freedom and sanity and moral-justness, is re-established. Pending that, hold on for the ride.


37 posted on 07/21/2014 5:14:12 AM PDT by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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